Advanced Load Testing - Granularity

JMeter Reports default to a granularity of one minute. That granularity could be a problem. This post will talk about Advanced Load Testing – Granularity in your JMeter Reports. Did you know JMeter Reporting Dashboard allows you to control your granularity? See the Apache JMeter docs for all of the details. There are lots of adjustable settings, so why is granularity so important. Example: Advanced Load Testing – Granularity One of our RedLine13 customers shared aRead More →

This is one of our most popular blog posts – File Uploads. Check out a new section #3: Adding Parameters to your HTTP Request. Read below for lots of great information. There are many cases of testing performance of API Endpoints for file uploads. We chose to demonstrate scaling out such a test building our load test plan in JMeter. JMeter supports file uploads natively within the HTTP Request, and Redline13 supports attaching files to your test plan.Read More →

Alex Podelko wrote about the state of load testing in 2014. He recently did a load testing comparison to see what changed since then. And he realizes that the winds of change have changed it a lot. It’s titled “Are Times still Good for Load Testing?” and is an excellent read. Alex currently serves as a board director for the Computer Measurement Group (CMG), a worldwide organization of performance and capacity management professionals. Read his full bio. It’s crazy (butRead More →

If you’ve never run a load test, here’s where to figure out how to run your first load test. Simple URL – This post and video will demonstrate how to run a simple URL test to gauge performance of a website. If you’re new to load testing, this is the easiest test to run on RedLine13. JMeter – Apache JMeter is one of the most popular tools for load testing and scaling out your JMeter testRead More →

The authors are members of Apache JMeter’s team and experts in the performance field. Hear their insights in using JMeter more effectively in this JMeter Ebook Live Stream. About this Event Philippe Mouawad and Antonio Gomes Rodrigues are the authors of the new Ebook Master JMeter. The conversation will cover: History and background of JMeter Advice for load testers Future and cloud Register now to save your spot, get the opportunity to submit questions for Philippe andRead More →

Our JMeter Ebook giveaway for new RedLine13 customers has been extremely popular. So we decided to expand it and offer a free JMeter Ebook for customers upgrading to annual subscription from their existing monthly subscription. This is a way to support JMeter open source contributors and authors of their new book. If you’re not a RedLine13 customer now, you can see what you’re missing and run your own test on RedLine13. Read More →

apache-jmeter-redline13-load-testing

RedLine13 continues to be the leader in load testing tools supporting the latest from Apache JMeter. This blog post will focus on load testing with JMeter Nightly. JMeter Nightly builds are “interim builds that are untested and unsupported.” Apache makes clear to  “Use at your own risk!” They are intended for use by developers and others wishing to help with resolving JMeter bugs. RedLine13 does a daily pull of the last Successful build of JMeter. When you runRead More →

Sometimes, you need to use large files in your JMeter tests.  Instead of uploading the files to RedLine13 for each test, you can store the files on your own server and download them on the load agents.  Another advantage of hosting the files yourself is that you might have sensitive information in the file and don’t want to upload it to RedLine13 servers.  To download self-hosted files for JMeter tests, you can use the JMeter FileRead More →

UBIK Video Streaming Plugin

JMeter Video Streaming with UBIK Load Pack Video Steaming Plugin 6.2.5 Our friends at UBIK-Ingénierie have recently updated their video streaming plugin. Prior to the launch of the original plugin, there wasn’t really an easy or efficient means to test JMeter video streaming. So the UBIK team created the UBIK Load Pack Video Steaming Plugin as a means to do so. We have also integrated this plugin into core RedLine13 testing services, so you can now cloudRead More →

How to Install JMeter Plugins Manager

We have added the ability in RedLine13 to easily include any Apache JMeter plugin available on https://jmeter-plugins.org/ using JMeter Plugins Manager. This allows any RedLine13 load test to use the latest and greatest JMeter Plugins without copying files around. Just follow these steps to start dynamically using JMeter Plugins Manager. 1.  To make this functionality available you need to enable this functionality for your account. – https://www.redline13.com/Account/plugins – Click on the “+” next to “JMeter PluginRead More →